2011 E250 accelerated by itself stopped at a light
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2011 E250 accelerated by itself stopped at a light
Weird thing happened a few days ago. I was stopped at a light and found myself creeping up on the car ahead of me. I stepped harder on the brake and stopped again, then realized that is wasn't me getting light footed, the tach was showing about 1500 RPM. I put it in neutral and the RPMs went up. I goosed the accelerator and everything returned to normal, it hasn't done it since. I DO have floor mats, but the mat wasn't by the pedal. The van does have cruise control, but I don't use it around town and barely use it on the highway. I had driven about 3 miles on city streets since it was last parked. I had been driving all over town that day.
53K =/-, no vibration or other signs of a failing engine mount. Never been wrecked or airborne. This is a company owned fleet vehicle I've had since it was brand new on the dealer's lot.
Any thoughts/ideas? Anyone else had a similar experience?
53K =/-, no vibration or other signs of a failing engine mount. Never been wrecked or airborne. This is a company owned fleet vehicle I've had since it was brand new on the dealer's lot.
Any thoughts/ideas? Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Thanks for the confirmation, I knew I wasn't going crazy. Mine did it once and it caught me off guard. Thankfully nothing happened. I'm sure it would go over well if I rear ended someone and claimed "It accelerated by itself". 
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I believe your model year van has the "fly-by-wire" throttle control so you might be experiencing some sort of malfunction with that device.
I'd post this in the appropriate Modular Engine forum, V10 or V8, which ever you have.
HTH
I'd post this in the appropriate Modular Engine forum, V10 or V8, which ever you have.
HTH
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